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35 Mythology Dog Names, With Meanings

Dog names from myth — Zeus, Thor, Odin, Fenrir, Atlas and more, with meanings where they carry real weight.

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Mythology is a natural well for a big, confident dog, and the sky-gods lead the way: Zeus and his Roman name Jupiter, Thor and Odin from the Norse, Ares and Mars for war, Apollo for the sun. Titan, Atlas and Hercules bring the sheer-strength end — every one a name a large dog can grow into, and half of them already fixtures on guardian and working breeds.

But the best mythological dog names are the mythological dogs themselves. Cerberus is the many-headed hound that guards the underworld; Anubis, the jackal-headed Egyptian god of the dead, is a black dog's name if ever there was one; Fenrir is the great wolf of Norse legend; and Argos is Odysseus's own dog, the one who waited twenty years and knew his master at a glance. Where a name has a literal meaning we give it — Kratos is Greek for strength, Thor for thunder — and the pure god-names keep their pantheon rather than an invented meaning. A to Z below.

All 35 mythology dog names, A–Z

Achilles Male

Greek myth

Anubis Male

Egyptian myth

Apollo Male

Greek myth

Ares Male

Greek myth

Argos Male

Greek myth

Athena Female

Greek myth

Atlas Male

Greek myth

Balder Male

Norse myth

Cerberus Male

Greek myth

Draco Male

Latin · dragon

Echo Female

Greek myth

Fenrir Male

Norse myth

Freya Female

Norse myth

Griffin Male

Greek myth

Hades Male

Greek myth

Hector Male

Greek myth

Hera Female

Greek myth

Hercules Male

Greek myth

Hermes Male

Greek myth

Juno Female

Roman myth

Jupiter Male

Roman myth

Kratos Male

Greek myth · strength

Loki Male

Norse myth

Mars Male

Roman myth

Mercury Male

Latin · the god Mercury; quicksilver

Neptune Male

Roman myth

Odin Male

Norse myth

Orion Male

Greek myth

Perseus Male

Greek myth

Phoenix Unisex

Greek myth

Pluto Male

Roman myth

Thor Male

Norse myth · thunder

Titan Male

Greek myth

Tyr Male

Norse myth

Zeus Male

Greek myth

How this list is put together

Every name here is one people genuinely use for a pet, and each is drawn from the same hand-checked list behind our full names finder. Where a name has a real, settled meaning we give it; word-names like Biscuit or Shadow are marked as word-names rather than dressed up with an invented origin. The count in the title is the real number on the page, and we add to it over time.

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